http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/climate-change/sustainabilitythetop
City of Darwin Council released its Climate Change Action Plan 2011-2020 late last year which identifies the need to engage the community in reducing the municipality’s environmental footprint.
Council’s new interactive online portal ‘Sustainability@TheTop’ provides the community with information on living sustainably in Darwin and across the Top End, as well as the associated health and environmental benefits.
Sustainability@TheTop allows users to create their own sustainable action plan by pledging to complete actions at home, in the garden, at play and at work within a chosen timeframe. Users receive regular email prompts encouraging them to revisit their action plan and update their pledges. As users complete their pledges, their $, water, CO2 and ‘footprint’ savings are tracked through the inbuilt ecological footprint calculator.
Sustainability@TheTop provides the opportunity for users to ask questions and make comments, as well as post community events to the events calendar, the resource page and news page.
By engaging the community through Sustainability@TheTop, Council and the community can work together in reducing the municipality’s environmental footprint.